It was Carl's a while ago, but came to me via some other shady character in Preston! Plan for the forks is to get the flaky bit of paint off, madk upthe numerous stickers, and stanchions-, and plastikote the forks in black. I think thats the safest bet. Black forks look good on here imo. If I were to go crazy on the build, I could get the frame resprayed with matching forks, but that's not going to happen.Toyiny with either flat bars, or the risers Iit came with, but a bit lower. Hmmmm

The fact is, I've been busy prepping and racing old bikes for a race two weeks ago. Followed by a retroride last week.

Made some progress this weekend. The biggest job was tidying up the paintwork. I have to say, it must be the worst original paint I've ever seen on a frame. Maybe with the exception of an 853 tubed Lemond road frame I once bought. It is so thin, and has more chips than McCain! So, I started tidying it up. Varying between a knife, sandpaper, wet or dry paper, I got rid of a lot of the rusty patches, down to the metal. After which, I got the closest matching nail varnish I could find, courtesy of George, Asda, and touched in the bare metal. Feel a bit better about the frame now. Also cleaned up most of the components it came with, replacing the worn 32 and 42 rings with some I had, for the sparkly chainset ! Which will be staying, sorry lads! Cockpit with flat bars also pictured. Avid V-brakes and rear mech stripped and greased now too. Just the wheel hubs to check now.Oh, and the SID forks. They are in the lbs, where my friendly mechanic will be replacing the seals, and in the meantime, giving me back the lowers to get painted.

But what colour? Unsure right now.Maybe black, possibly yellow. They may even go on another project I have lined up. Yellow would work with either.

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